Open Rails Activity Pack for BNSF Scenic Sub (Starter Route)

[adreid]

Peter M and I will be working together to rework these activities for the current version of the route.

Regards,
Dan Reid

[adreid]

I did try to run first activity (A1-Appleyard-Cashmere v 1.0) and the instruction do not mach with what consist do you need to pick up and one of them is missing from the yard. I did try to make screenshots and point out accurate problem, but since you need to downscale screenshots to so small resolution, you can't see nothing what i am trying to say. Yes i do have previous avaible free route from Trainsimulations.com.

Hi Folks.


I apologize for not addressing your issues earlier; I have been very busy getting the activities updated to the point where Peter can run them on his setup in order to work on them. I have downloaded my files from the file library, and installed them onto my old route with the same result you have experienced. Fortunately, I still a backup copy of A1 which works correctly. I believe that is the only activity which is corrupted. If the folder name of your route is TS_StarterRoute you probably have the proper one of this package.

Has anyone been able to run the other activities in the package?

Regards,
Dan Reid

[michelouim]

I am doing the 3rd activity and so far only the first one is not working properly...as i mentionned elsewhere in this thread, the cars are not in the same number and the tracks are not labeled as mentionned...

Michel

[Shawmut]

Hi Folks.


I apologize for not addressing your issues earlier; I have been very busy getting the activities updated to the point where Peter can run them on his setup in order to work on them. I have downloaded my files from the file library, and installed them onto my old route with the same result you have experienced. Fortunately, I still a backup copy of A1 which works correctly. I believe that is the only activity which is corrupted. If the folder name of your route is TS_StarterRoute you probably have the proper one of this package.

Has anyone been able to run the other activities in the package?

Regards,
Dan Reid

I'm just finishing A2 and it has worked as advertised. I got the same results with A1 as everyone else has specified. Before I began I ran the activities through Route_Riter, and it came up with the following errors, all in consist files:

Consist AI_BNSF_GRAIN_EMPTY has an incorrect TrainCfg entry of BNSF_GRAIN_EMPTY


Consist AI_containers has an incorrect TrainCfg entry of containers


Consist AI_LoadedGrain has an incorrect TrainCfg entry of LoadedGrain

The solution in each case was to add "AI_" to the TrainCfg entry in the consist file. Then there were no errors.

Cheers,

Dave

[adreid]

Attention everyone

I'm just finishing A2 and it has worked as advertised. I got the same results with A1 as everyone else has specified. Before I began I ran the activities through Route_Riter, and it came up with the following errors, all in consist files:

Consist AI_BNSF_GRAIN_EMPTY has an incorrect TrainCfg entry of BNSF_GRAIN_EMPTY


Consist AI_containers has an incorrect TrainCfg entry of containers


Consist AI_LoadedGrain has an incorrect TrainCfg entry of LoadedGrain

The solution in each case was to add "AI_" to the TrainCfg entry in the consist file. Then there were no errors.

Cheers,

Dave

It appears that I was not diligent in cleaning out my release library, and 3 extraneous items were left in the "consists" folder.

Thank you very much, Dave, for bringing this oversight to my attention!

I believe these items were ones which were originally installed as part of the route (TS_StarterRoute) and may have been used in the activities originally included with that route. These items are not needed by any of my activities.

I am not sure how the original activities may have been affected by the replacement of these items, but if you have previously substituted stock in those activities, regression may have occurred. If this is the case, please accept my sincere apologies.

In any respect, I strongly urge everyone, to recover these items from an earlier backup, if possible.

I have withdrawn my package from the file library, to prevent further damage. and will soon provide a corrected package. If you have already installed version 1.0 of my activities, you can ignore this replacement package, as it will otherwise be identical to the one you used (with the exception of the excess items).

Regards,
Dan Reid

[adreid]

Hello everyone

I have just uploaded an update (open_rails_starter_tutorial_1_1.zip) that fixes the defect in the first activity.

Also uploaded is an amended version (open_rails_starter_tutorial_1_0x.zip) of the original package minus the extraneous files. You do NOT need the amended version if you have already downloaded the original package.

Regards,
Dan Reid

[adreid]

Hi Everyone,

Peter Murdock & I have just finished adapting the tutorial package for the most recent version of the route. I have just uploaded the package, and it is now available in the File Library as open_rails_starter_tutorial_2.zip.

The activities have been re-written using TSRE (rather than MSTS Activity Editor), so they should be easier for other people to modify. The tutorial messages have been improved, and they are friendlier as well as less intrusive.

As a BONUS, I have included a set guides on "Customizing, Improving, and Building Activities".

Regards,
Dan Reid

[niknak]

Many thanks for this. I'm looking forward to running the activities.

[HookitandBookit]

Hi Everyone,

Peter Murdock & I have just finished adapting the tutorial package for the most recent version of the route. I have just uploaded the package, and it is now available in the File Library as open_rails_starter_tutorial_2.zip.

The activities have been re-written using TSRE (rather than MSTS Activity Editor), so they should be easier for other people to modify. The tutorial messages have been improved, and they are friendlier as well as less intrusive.

As a BONUS, I have included a set guides on "Customizing, Improving, and Building Activities".

Regards,
Dan Reid

This is wonderful news, thank you ever so much it is greatly appreciated.

[derekmorton]

Hi Team,

I am running the activities, I am finding that on the first activity, the ground texture is not there.
I have tested the other trainsimulations routes and the ground textures are there.

Is anyone else seeing this?

[niknak]

Hi Team,

I am running the activities, I am finding that on the first activity, the ground texture is not there.
I have tested the other trainsimulations routes and the ground textures are there.

Is anyone else seeing this?

I've just started A01 Derek and I appear to be fully "grounded" with the exception of road2lane_dt dds, which I copied over from Seligman route.

[Curt C]

A general question about the payware route released by SLI vs. the TS Starter route - I've got both (Starter route running in OR); are they the same? Outside of the activities, is there a reason to keep both?

[Peter M]

Hi Derek,

An OR log would be really useful here to help diagnose what went wrong, and maybe a picture of what "missing" means. Is the texture black, or is the terrain missing altogether?

I have had an occasional issue where the ground textures will be replaced by a black square when running OR monogame with the "Reduce memory Usage" option checked.

Thanks for running our activities!
Peter

[R. Steele]

Derek, are you sure you haven't got the DDS and ACE texture problems reported in other threads about the newer-vs-older TrainSimulations Content?

[derekmorton]

It was the "reduce memory usage" tickbox.I will leave that unticked going forward.
The ground texture was black.
There was nothing in the log.
My trainsimulations ( dds ) routes are all in their own folder structure.

Thanks for the activities.